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Dallas Morning News columnist Kevin Sherrington was asked in his weekly mailbag column which Texas coach may be on the hot seat the most. His answer was interesting to say the least for Red Raider fans.
Which area coach is on the hot seat? I'd say Kliff Kingsbury. Tech hasn't done much under him so far. How much longer do you think he has?
Sherrington: If by "area coach" you mean Texas coaches, yeah, Kingsbury is the only one close to a hot seat. Everyone else is in pretty solid shape, at the very least. The new DC in Lubbock could help. It's certainly helped that Kliff is one of their own, which made his honeymoon a little longer. But if the Raiders aren't a bowl team this year, I think it will start some wheels in motion. Losing seasons this year and next might just do it.
To read the rest of his column visit Dallas Morning News

Texas Tech’s Kliff Kingsbury joined former Texas Tech coach Tim Siegel during an interview on The Double T (104.3 FM) this week and brought up a variety of topics, including how social media is effecting the game. Here is what he said:
“That’s a constant battle. We’re more psychologists, as you know, than anything – than coaches. So, you know, if they have one bad day, one bad practice, one drop. We’ll walk over, we’ll walk them back out of practice (and) we’ll walk them to the next drill and it’s a constant buildup, because there’s a lot of pressure – especially with the social media these days. These kids drop one ball, people are coming at them and when I played, you didn’t see that. You had a bad game; your parents knew you had a bad game; that was about it. But with the social media it’s made a difference so we work on trying to build those kids up; build that mental toughness, and it’s an everyday project.”
On quarterback play in general:
“I would say mental toughness and accuracy are tied and then arm strength comes in. In what we do, in our system — spread — we can get it out quick sometimes. We’d love to have a strong arm. But if you don’t, if you’re can put it on the money and you’re smart and you’re tough and you know how to win; we’ll take it.”
On playing with Mike McCarthy in New Orleans:
“Well Mike McCarthy, obviously, the Super Bowl-winning coach of the (Green Bay) Packers was our offensive coordinator. And so that was a unique experience to get to work with him, I think he’s one of the best — not only offensive minds, but football minds in the world. Watching him work with Aaron Brooks, made him a Pro Bowler at one time, was an incredible experience. So that guy and how hard he works, I don’t think people quite understand. I know he’s got Aaron Rodgers, but he’s a fantastic football mind.”
On if coach Bill Belichick:
“Yeah, I think so. He holds you accountable. He wants you when you walk in that building everyday to think that your job is on the line. And that’s what it is, you’re coming in, you’re studying that hard and you’re practicing that hard and you’re working out that hard because you know if you don’t that next guy is coming in. And that is that feel inside that entire building outside of Tom Brady, and it’s worked and that formula has worked and you have to tip your hat to him.”
On New York Jets TE Jace Amaro:
“(Jace)’s excited. Jace was down (in Lubbock) last week working out and he’s fired up, I think. Obviously it’s a defensive head coach, but they have a good system in place for what he does, bringing Brandon Marshall in (will) be great for (Amaro) to watch him on a daily basis and I think with Jace its just a comfort level. He’s still a young man, he’s still figuring out the game. It’ll be his second offense in two years —in that league — which you’d like to get a little bit of a flow. But talent-wise, and physicality, he’s right there at the top. I mean, he can be as good as he wants to be and I think as he matures, as he gets comfortable in an offense, I expect his productivity to really spike.”
On NFL relationships:
“Yeah, I’d say (Danny) Amendola is one, Wes (Welker) is one that I’m really close with (who is) a little bit younger than me but still out there doing their thing. So you just kind of pick their brain, see where they’re at, but it’s been awesome to see those two guys, the success they’ve had playing virtually the same position in college and carrying that over to the NFL.”
On Wes Welker’s career:
“I told my agent when (Welker) came out, I said, ‘I don’t know what he’s going to run; what he’s going to do,’ I said, ‘this is the best player I’ve ever seen,’ and so I can go on record as being quoted as saying that. Did I know he would be as dominant as he was? I don’t think so. But getting cut in San Diego, going to Miami — having some success, but, limited as a receiver — more of a punt returner. And then ending up in New England just breaking the records and doing what he did there, it’s just phenomenal to see, the guy who they always wrote off but works as hard as anybody and (is) absolutely fearless on the field.”
On if there are any college or NFL rules he would change:
“You know what bothers me is when there’s a close play and (the officials) go to review and you’re trying to speed up and you’ve run a play, and then (the officials) go back and review it anyways, that’s probably my biggest pet peeve. Being an up-tempo deal, you’ll snap the ball and then they blow it dead. Once the play is snapped, it’s done. It should be on (the officials) to review it, have that onus. You’ve got to make a decision.”

Texas Tech senior Taylor Symmank was one of 25 national punters named to the preseason watch list for the prestigious Ray Guy Award.
Honoring the nation’s top collegiate punter, the Ray Guy Award is named in honor of College and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Ray Guy. Among the statistics used to identify the winner is net punting average, number of times a punt is downed or kicked out of bounds inside the opponents’ 20-yard line, total yardage punted, average returned yardage and percentage of punts not returned.
A 2014 All-Big 12 Conference honorable mention selection and two-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree, Symmank ranked third among league punters with a 42.6 yards per punt average. He concluded the 2014 season with 54 punts for 2,303 yards (42.6 average), 24 fair catches, 17 punts inside the 20-yard line, eight punts of 50-yards or more and five touchbacks without a blocked punt. Symmank also serves as Texas Tech’s kickoff specialist.

Tech’s Clark on Outland watch list
DALLAS — For the third consecutive season, Texas Tech senior Le’Raven Clark has been named to the preseason watch list for the prestigious Outland Trophy, which honors the nation’s top interior lineman. It is the fourth preseason individual All-America honor for Clark, who was previously recognized as a Third Team All-America by Athlon Sports, Second Team pick by The Sporting News and Fourth Team honor by Phil Steele.
Clark enters his final season as a Red Raider as one of the nation’s top offensive linemen in the country after boosting a Tech offense that allowed just 13 sacks in 2014. Texas Tech also rushed for 1,836 yards, its highest team total since the 1998 season.
Clark, an All-Big 12 First Team honoree in each of the past two seasons, has started all 38 games of his Red Raider career, mainly at left tackle. He had been a member of watch lists for both the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Trophy in each of the past two seasons.
Tech’s Robertson on Nagurski watch list
DALLAS – Texas Tech defensive lineman Pete Robertson was named to the preseason watch list for the prestigious Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which honors the nation’s top defensive player. Earlier this week, Robertson was announced as a candidate for the Chuck Bednarik Award.
In 2014, Robertson earned All-Big 12 honors for the second consecutive season while leading the Red Raiders in five defensive statistical categories: sacks (12), total tackles (81), tackles for loss (14.5-74), forced fumbles (three) and quarterback hurries (seven). He ranked sixth nationally and led the Big 12 in sacks (12), the most by a Red Raider player since 2009. His 12 sacks last year also ranked as the fourth highest season total in school history.
Beckie to rep Canada at Pan Am games
Texas Tech senior forward Janine Beckie will rejoin the Canadian Women’s National Team on Saturday when Canada opens the Pan American Games against Ecuador at CIBC Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium.
Canada is slated to open the Pan American Games with a 6 p.m. kickoff in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. CIBC Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium will be the host of all 32 matches of the tournament.
Canada will also face Costa Rica next Wednesday before closing pool play on July 19 against Brazil. The Pan American Games are slated to conclude on July 25 with the gold medal match.
Beckie, the 2014 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, has been a regular in Canada during her offseason with the Red Raiders. She participated in several international tournaments, including the BaoAn Cup where she netted her first career international goal against Korea.
Beckie, who has made five career appearances with the full international team, spent the entire spring semester in residency in Canada where she trained daily with the full national team. She recently returned from a brief camp with Canada’s Under-23 squad.

ESPN recently ranked all the teams in the Big 12 by the strength of their secondary. Texas Tech was eighth.
This is what they had to say:
8. Texas Tech (8): Starters Justis Nelson, Nigel Bethel, Keenon Ward and J.J. Gaines are all back and seemed to benefit from new defensive coordinator David Gibbs. Due to problems elsewhere on defense, Bethel, Nelson and Tevin Madison were put on islands too often last year, which is one reason why Tech allowed 16 pass plays of 40 yards or more. Gibbs will be asking his secondary to take chances to force turnovers. But different coverage schemes also should take some of the pressure off the relatively young corners.
For the full rankings visit: ESPN's Big 12 Blog

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Texas Tech Football

Among Texas Tech’s freshman receivers, Donta Thompson and Tony Brown are slotted to play split end – “X” in Tech’s vernacular – Keke Coutee and Quan Shorts will start out at H inside receiver and Jonathan Giles will train at Y inside receiver.
That’s the plan, coach Kliff Kingsbury said, for when the Red Raiders start practice Aug. 5.
Thompson, who was 6-foot-3 and 193 pounds when he reported this summer, could play inside or outside.
“We think he could evolve into that Y position that Jace (Amaro) played,” Kingsbury said, “but to start him out we’re going to have him outside. He’s a big, big presence out there.”
Kingsbury said Shorts will play inside, “just to see if we can get some competition going at that position with (Cameron) Batson and Jakeem (Grant) and him and Zach Austin. And he’s a bigger body, too. We haven’t had a bigger body there to hold up in blocking and go up and get it.”
Shorts, listed at 6-2 and 198 from summer-school physicals, might be more like 6-3, 210 now, Kingsbury said.

DALLAS – Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said Monday he won’t go too far into preseason practice before he names his starting quarterback. Patrick Mahomes and Davis Webb both have had their moments early in their careers.
Not surprisingly, Kingsbury will put as much of a premium on curtailing mistakes as he will on making big plays.
“I think more than anything it’s eliminating the negative plays,” Kingsbury told writers and broadcasters at Big 12 media days. “We’ve been historically bad the last two years at that position with turnovers. The last two yeas, I think, we’ve had 20-plus just at our position at quarterback. So whichever guy can protect the football the best – continue to sake shots, take chances, but protect the ball – is going to be our guy.”
Tech starts practice Aug. 5 and plays its season opener Sept. 5.
“Right now, I’m planning on naming a starter fairly early in camp and trying to develop that chemistry with the first teams and second teams,” Kingsbury said. “If somebody falters early on, we do feel like we have two guys that can win games, so that is a luxury we haven’t had.”
Monday is the opening of the two-day session at the Omni Dallas Hotel.
Here’s what Kingsbury had to say on other subjects during his 20-minute time slot on stage:
-- On how the defense has changed since the arrival of new coordinator David Gibbs: “A little bit of everything. I think schematically it’ll be some different things. The way he handles some players. We’ve had some shuffling of which coaches are coaching which positions. So it’s pretty much an entire overhaul.”
-- On how to sell defensive recruits on a program that’s had eight defensive coordinators since 2007, Gibbs being the latest: “Some of it is blind faith, obviously. With coach Gibbs he brings his NFL resume. He brings what he did at theUniversityofHouston, which is phenomenal in two years there, so guys want to be around it. They want to play for a coach that has those type of credentials. That’s been huge. He’s done a great job of recruiting since he’s been at Texas Tech. His resume speaks for itself when you’re selling recruits.”
-- On development of the team’s receivers: “I feel like for most of the year last year, it was a group that was feeling their way around. They weren’t very confident in their abilities that they can compete in this league.
“I think the last three games we saw some guys that the light bulb finally turned on. Dylan Cantrell, Devin Lauderdale, Jakeem Grant, Reggie Davis, Ian Sadler, all those guys late in the year made a bunch of plays for us. At the beginning of last year, they seemed to be timid and played timid.
“If we can continue that progress, I think it’ll bode well for what we’re trying to do offensively.”
Kingsbury and Tech players DeAndre Washington, Jared Kaster and Branden Jackson also appear at breakout session this afternoon. We’ll have more on that this evening.

AUSTIN -- Texas Tech football signee Corey Dauphine settled for second in the Class 6A boys 200 meters at the UIL state track and field meet Saturday night a year after he won the event. Manvel’s Deontay Anderson won in 20.99, andDauphineran a 21.06 with a 2.8 meters-per-second tailwind.
Being wind-assisted, the times don't count for records purposes.
Dauphinesaid his left hamstring has bothered him for about four weeks.
“I just keep on pushing through it,” he said. “I’m definitely more angry that I didn’t defend the title, but things happen. Lesson learned. I’m going to get better every day.”
Last year,Dauphinewon state with a wind-aided 20.76, a time that ranked No. 8 nationally among high school sprinters for all conditions.
Dauphinealso ran on Port Arthur Memorial teams that won the 800-meter relay Saturday night in 1 minute, 24.29 seconds and finished second in the 400 relay, the latter with a 40.59.
Memorial set a national high school record in the 800 relay this season, running 1:23.84. Dauphine said Saturday night's showing didn't compare to that one.
"Things didn't go our way, but we came out first," he said. "That's all that really matters."
The running back prospect said he'll report to Tech on June 30. He still has track meets this season in Waco and Eugene, Oregon.

Texas Tech's only spring football session that's open to the public comes Saturday when the Red Raiders stage their annual scrimmage in Midland at Grande Communications Stadium.
Here's one of the areas to which you'll want to pay attention.
The offensive line: Specifically, the right side of the line, where guard Robert Castaneda and tackle Justin Murphy have been running with the first team this spring. The 2014 signees are the future up front, given that left tackle Le’Raven Clark, left guard Alfredo Morales and center Jared Kaster are seniors.
Murphy, barring injury, figures to be the starting right tackle come the Sept. 5 season opener against Sam Houston State. He's an imposing 6-foot-7 and has gained weight to reach 296 pounds.
Castaneda’s gotten valuable time with the ones over the past month because starting guard Baylen Brown is recovering from shoulder surgery. Castaneda’s probably a top reserve for 2015, a starter after that.
Line coach Lee Hays has praised both for their toughness and attitude. They’ll get to prove themselves in the scrimmage. Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury plans to pit the first units against each other for a portion of Saturday’s show, so the redshirt freshmen will get to knock heads with the likes of Pete Robertson, Branden Jackson and Keland McElrath.

Texas Tech's only spring football session that's open to the public comes Saturday when the Red Raiders stage their annual scrimmage in Midland at Grande Communications Stadium.
Here's one of the areas to which you'll want to pay attention.
The quarterbacks: Unsourced reports in late November about Patrick Mahomes needing wrist surgery and Davis Webb having to miss spring practice were premature. Mahomes has missed one workout this spring, for baseball, and Webb’s been practicing, too, with no indication that he’s been reined in. Defenders in practice aren’t allowed to hit the quarterbacks — not just this spring, but at any time all year — so Webb’s been in the mix.
Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury is trying to keep Mahomes trending in the right direction after an impressive last month of the season. There might have been some mental fatigue early, but Kingsbury said he’s structured Mahomes’ work to minimize that.
“I’ve been really proud of how he’s handled this spring,” Kingsbury said, “because it’s a tough load, all day every day, with study hall and baseball and football.
“You’d never know it. He comes over here with a smile on his face and works his butt off. It’s exciting to see somebody who can handle all that.”
Webb’s always gotten high marks for his work habits, but now the pressure’s on him to rebound from an injury-plagued, subpar 2014 season. Kingsbury said his pre-spring message to Webb was “we have a lot to work on.” Between 2013 and 2014, Kingsbury said, Webb regressed in how he handled himself in the pocket, threw off his back foot and committed turnovers.
Knowing Webb, he’ll be burning with motivation to prove everyone wrong.
“Davis has been solid like he’s always been,” safety Keenon Ward said. “He’s a great team player. When his time comes to play, he always does. Whatever his role is, I’m confident he’s going to do what he has to do to be the best.”
It might be prudent not to draw too many conclusions from the quarterbacks’ playing time Saturday, because Kingsbury wants to see all four at that position.
“We’ll be smart with Davis and see how he’s feeling and make sure he’s protected,” Kingsbury said this week. “He’s had a ton of reps. We have a pretty good feel for what he can do. I’m really looking forward to seeing Nic Shimonek play and Payne (Sullins) and the younger guys.”

Women's Basketball

Texas Tech men's basketball is slated to host West Texas A&M Monday, November 9 for an exhibition game.
The last time these teams faced off was in 1981 when the Red Raiders came away with a 95-77 victory in Lubbock.
This will be the first time West Texas A&M has competed in a Division I exhibition game since falling 94-64 to Colorado State on October 30,1995.

Texas Tech softball coach Adrian Gregory announced the signings of Allison Knopp and Cheyene Powell to athletic scholarship agreements for the 2016 season on Tuesday.
Knopp and Powell arrive at Texas Tech with three seasons of eligibility remaining beginning with 2016, giving Gregory and her staff extra depth in the circle and behind the plate.
"We are extremely excited to add each of those kids to our battery," Gregory said in a press release. "Both of them will directly impact the competition day-in and day-out. I believe our kids are working hard this summer and these two additions will help our squad continue to move in the right direction."
Knopp spent last season at Butler Community College (Kansas) where she hit .305 with 10 home runs and 30 RBI as the starting catcher.
Knopp, a St. Louis native, gives the Red Raiders much needed depth behind the plate with the departure of senior Kristi Belshe.
"Ally is a sharp, skilled receiver with a year of experience under her belt," Gregory said. "She is extremely mindful of the game, loves the strategy of her position and is determined to work hard behind the dish. I am looking forward to getting her on campus and watching her flourish with our pitchers."
Powell comes to Lubbock after spending her freshman season in 2015 at the University of Oregon.
The Ducks, who were the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Championship, ended their season 51-8 overall after claiming their third-straight Pac-12 title and advancing to the Women's College World Series.
Powell, a native of Tuttle, Oklahoma, recorded a 4.67 earned-run average in three total innings on a veteran pitching staff that featured several upperclassmen.
"Cheyene is a loaded pistol ready to go to work," Gregory said. "Her year at Oregon was a well spent learning year and now she is ready to put her knowledge to the test. She is a natural competitor and will add a definite fire to our pitching squad. We are looking forward to the depth that Cheyene will bring to our fervent squad."
Powell is the fourth pitcher to sign with the Red Raiders for the 2016 season, joining Dominique Alcocer (Midland Junior College), Halie Vance (Tyler Junior College) and Makenzi Harris (Azle High School).

Texas Tech senior offensive lineman Le’Raven Clark was named to the Sporting News Preseason All-America second team on Monday.
It’s his third preseason honor already this summer – Preseason All-America honors by Phil Steele (fourth team) and Preseason All-Big 12 first team complied by Athlon Sports.
Clark has spent the previous two seasons at left tackle, picking p All-Big 12 first team honors following both his sophomore and junior seasons.
He has started in all 38 games of his Red Raider career.
During that time, Clark has helped a Tech offensive line that allowed 13 sacks last season, while the Red Raiders rushed for 1,836 yards, their most since the 1998 season.
Clark has been a member of watch lists for both the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award each of the past two seasons. Both of those awards will announce their respective watch lists later this summer.

A few changes, which were proposed last month by the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee, were approved on Monday by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel.
The headliner of the group is shortening the shot clock from 35 seconds to 30 seconds.
An additional change coming next season is cutting the number of timeouts from five to four, with the number of timeouts that can be preserved for the second half limited to three.
Furthermore, coaches can no longer call live-ball timeouts.
Another rule eliminated is the 10-second backcourt clock is reset when a timeout is called.
Defensively, the restricted area under the basket will be moved out from three to four feet.

For the 11th time in Big 12 history, the league is set to host games in the 2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship.
The league has hosted every round of the event, most recently doing so with the 2014 Final Four in North Texas.
Next year, the Big 12 will host the first and second round games at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma city.
The venue has hosted previous competition in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in 2003, 2005 and 2010, plus women’s basketball regionals in 2008, 2009 and 2013.
Those wishing to attend may sign up to receive an email to purchase tickets during the exclusive pre-sale October 13-15, 2015.
Tickets go on sale to the general public October 17, 2015, at 10 a.m. local time.

Raider Buzz

On Monday, ESPN ranked the best bang-for-the-buck coaching values in college football. Then they loooked at the opposite end of the spectrum and discuss coaches who are overpaid, based on salaries and results.
Some coaches like Kliff Kingsbury at Texas Tech are new, but the money they’re making should increase expectations. The estimated salary figures come from a combination of documents obtained by ESPN.com and the USA Today coaches’ salary database.
Here was their top 7
1. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
2. Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M
3. Charlie Strong, Texas
4. Bret Bielema, Arkansas
T5. Dan Mullen, Mississippi State and Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss
7. Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech (yep, there he is!)(This is what they said) Estimated 2015 salary: $3.1 millionThe Golden Boy returned to his alma mater, started the 2013 season 7-0 -- and then hit a wall. The Red Raiders are 5-13 since then. Their 4-8 mark in 2014 was the school’s worst since 1990. A dizzying number of defensive coordinators have played a role in a lack of stability; Kingsbury is hopeful that David Gibbs is a settling force for that side of the ball.
For the rest of the rankings visit ESPN.com

ESPN's Jake Trotter was recently asked if he thought Texas Tech's defense would improve in 2015. This was his response:
@Jake_Trotter: I expect improvement from a unit that was one of the worst in Big 12 history.
Mike Mitchell should give Texas Tech's run defense a major boost. He has the potential for 100 tackles. Even though he'll just be a freshman, Breiden Fehoko will help up front. New coordinator David Gibbs is also going to take the pressure off Tech's young DBs, which should help them build some much-needed confidence. The biggest key, though, will be whether the Red Raiders can force turnovers anywhere near the rate that Gibbs' defenses did at Houston. Tech is still going to give up yards. But if the defense can force turnovers, it will negate many of its shortcomings.
For the rest of his mailbag read here: ESPN.com

Fanbuzz.com recenlty names its top 5 offensive lines in the nation. And there was a suprise there for Red Raiders fans. Desptie going 4-8 last season, Tech was on the list.
Here is what they had to say about the Red Raiders' OL:
Texas Tech Red Raiders – Le’Raven Clark*, Alfredo Morales*, Jared Kaster*, Baylen Brown*, Poet Thomas
Texas Tech fell off last season to 4-8, but if there’s a bright spot for Kliff Kingsbury’s Red Raiders it’s the offensive line. Four starters return from a line that ranked 22nd in adjusted line yards and 2nd in adjusted sack rate in 2014 on Football Outsiders, with the only replacement being sophomore Poet Thomas likely to step in at right tackle. Texas Tech was 13th in the nation in sacks allowed at 1.08 per game and 20th in tackles for loss allowed at 4.75 per game. While there’s work to do in Lubbock at the skill positions and on defense, the foundation is there up front for the Red Raiders to get back to their tremendous offensive output from 2013.
The the other top OLs were: Georgia, Michigan State, Ohio State and Alabama.
Read more at FanBuzz.com

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and other members of the Dallas media were able to talk with Kliff Kingsbury on Tuesday, two weeks before spring practices begin for the Red Raiders. Here is an except from Jimmy Burch's story on the quarterback battle between Patrick Mahomes and Davis Webb:
DALLAS -- Texas Tech football coach Kliff Kingsbury filled the ballroom at a Dallas hotel, once again, with Red Raiders fans waiting to hear about his latest recruiting class.
But he conceded that the vibe of Wednesday’s crowd, like others in previous venues on this tour across Texas, included more skepticism and less unbridled passion than a year ago. For that, Kingsbury blames the man in the mirror and plans to take steps to fix the situation when spring drills begin Feb. 28.
“I think it’s what you’d expect from any college football fans when you go 4-8,” Kingsbury said. “That’s the nature of the business ... win now. We’ve just got to get better. That’s never going to be acceptable at Texas Tech, finishing 4-8. We’ve just got to improve on that.”
For the rest of this story visit the Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The Dallas Mornings News' Kate Hairpoulos broke down Baylor and Texas Tech and predicted a 56-21 score, yes in favor of Baylor. Her four keys to the game were
1. Can't miss Oakman.
2. Baylor defines game control
3. Flags and turnovers
4. At AT&T to stay.
This is what she had to say on flags and turnovers: Texas Tech and Baylor are the two most penalized teams in the Big 12. The Red Raiders have 101 penalties for 945 yards in 11 games, an average of 85.9 yards per game.
The Bears have 101 penalties for 894 yards in 10 games, an average of 89.4 yards per game. But the teams don’t compare when it comes to turnover margin. Baylor is +9 on the season, gaining 19 and losing 10, while Tech is -10, gaining 14 and losing 24."
For the rest of the article visit The Dallas Morning News